I am going to look at a Cub Cadet 122 tomorrow. I'm pretty excited, but would like to know if there are certian things I should look for or check. I plan on giving it a good looking over and have been reading through the foums, but this potentially being my first GT, I do not want to overlook something. Thank you in advance for your imput.

Depending on what options it has its value will increase. Things that are desirable to have that were NOT standard equipment would be headlights, creeper transmission, rear sleeve hitch,wheel weigths, hydraulic lift or if not a spring assist on the manual lift. Plain tractor could be worth 200 or an optioned out one could be worth 800. Just depends. Good luck.

Definitely a little better than most others you would find for that model and year. As Tim said the hydraulics and rear lift are great options. Paint and sheet metal also looks very good. But like Lays potato chips one is never enough.

Thanks guys! I am pretty excited to get my first one also, and was pleased to find on in such good shape. The hood seems to be painted close to the right color and it looks good. The frame and such is a little splotchy and a little off, so I figured I will sand and repaint it and the deck in the fall.

There is at least $600 worth of options on that tractor! Definately looks like a good buy. Even has a decent pin on 48 inch deck. They are not the easiest decks to come by. If that Grote light on the back is an origianl they are not easy to come by either.

Some things that I would check out. The wiring to the voltage reg is routed improperly and looks too short to be routed the right way. It should tuck down behind the starter/generator and go forward between the oil pan and the inner top side of the frame rail and then continue forward to the grill and run up the inside of the grill and then over to the volt reg. May want to check it and see why, might need rewired. Why are the back wheels held on with bolts instead of lugs? Holes wolloed out on the axles maybe? If you do work with the wiring maybe get a new dash tower for it. Shouldn't be an amp meter on that model and the choke and light switch are moved around from where they should be. Choke should be more in the neighborhood of the amp gauge and the light switch should be mounted to the left side of the dash tower sitting on the seat. Not trying to pooint out faults, just some questions you may want to look into. All in all though it looks like a nice rig to me. Congrats on the find.

Well you def. got a real nice cub! I'm not going to ask what you gave for it but for being your first gt , a cub at that you got a real nice start. I would be proud to have that one. If it was mine , if I knew it ran good ,I would do a good tune up on it ,change the trans fluid and def. rewire the whole thing.,well jsut got home a lil bit ago and I've gotta get somthing to eat. Enjoy